Mimran initially devoted himself to the business world. Along with his brother, Jean Claude, he was co-director of Lamborghini until 1987,when it was sold to Chrysler. Later, he entered the art world as a multitask artist, working with painting, photography, video art, sculpture and installations. He also composes electronic music in collaboration with Peter Greenaway and also Maurice Béjart for his ballet Kurozuka (Bunkan Kalkan Theatre, Tokyo).
Mimran mixes contemporary references with historical film and other memories (Les Rythmes du temps, installation, 1996). One aspect of his body of work is represented by photographs of shopping windows, escalators or parking entrances (Car Parks in New York, Venice ; Prélèvements urbains, Paris ; Temple Steps, Miami, shows presented between 2006 and 2008).
Mimran initiated in 1999 in New York and has been pursuing in Miami, Venice, and Tokyo his Billboard Project using tagline thoughts on the artworld ("I’m the Best in the West").
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 L'art prend la ville !, DeFacto Gallery, La defense, Paris, France
2013 Billboard Project, Istituto degli Innocenti, Mudi, Piazza SS Annunziata 12, Florence, Italy
2013 GHOSTS, Recent paintings, Palazzo Malipiero, Ramo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
2013 IN THE MIROR OF REALITY, La galleria, Venice, Italy
2012 iRonic, Bietigheim-Bissingen
2012 Trash Can Project, Campo san manuele, Venice, Italy
2012 After, New Photographs, Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
2011 Ironic. Die feinsinnige Ironie der Kunst, Kunstpalais
2011 Patrick Mimran billboard, Palais Stutterheim, Erlangen, Germany
2011 Patrick Mimran, Group Show, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen
2011 Art in movimento, La Galeria Venezia
2011 After, New Photographs, Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
2011 Patrick Mimran, Photographs, Art Paris 2011
2011 Paul Ardenne, Realite revisitee, Analix Forever
2011 Patrick Mimran, Billboard Project, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Art Cologne
2011 Patrick Mimran, Billboard Project, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Art Karlsruhe